Miranda Robacker and Morgan Kehrer put their heads together to figure out a multiplication assignment in their fifth-grade class at Simpsonville Elementary. Some chose “10 times,” to which students explained, “it’s like adding it 10 times” or “the answer should be 10 times greater.”

The Master of Arts in Education degree program at Eastern Kentucky University will be fully online with multiple options in Spring 2013.

Available areas of advanced study will include Elementary Education, Learning and Behavior Disorders, Educational Leadership, and Safety and Facilities Management.

Those who enroll in an online degree program will take the same courses as EKU's on-campus students and from the same professors, which means they will earn the same accredited Eastern Kentucky University degree.

The following students enrolled at the Shelby County Area Technology Center have received the Student of the Month for September, which is a student who is exemplary in the academic areas of the classroom. They are Ebenezer Alvarez, automotive technology; Ethan Bailey, industrial maintenance; Lynsey Nichols, office technology; Dom Cortese, office technology; Ben Shuck, information technology; Marleeni Romero, health science.

Jacob Pilsen (left) and Marcus Batton work with a classmate on a small group session in the Discovery Program at the Education Center @ Cropper. They had just taken notes and listened to Counselor Jody Kendall discuss the bullying laws and consequences. Now their assignment was to write a script for a role play setting to show their concept and understanding of bullying.